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Sky Show: Jupiter and Moon in Super Close Pairing

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  1. GPS

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    Read more and see photos via the source link.

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    http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/19/sky-show-jupiter-and-moon-closest-until-2026/
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    GPS, Jan 20, 2013
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    hehe, For the budding astronomers in the crowd, I found this one yesterday

    Stellarium: is a FREE open source planetarium for your 'toaster'

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                                                      [size=0.7em]Clicking on Image goes to the Stellarium Home Page[/size]

    It will help ya find Jupiter and Moon
    ... LMAO, NOT that ANYONE need's HELP finding (at least) teh Moon [​IMG]
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    w00d, Jan 21, 2013
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    Thanks w00d.  I used Stellarium on Linux a few years ago and it was a lot of fun.  I didn't think of checking it out for the event this evening though.
    GPS, Jan 21, 2013
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